Ex-Crest/Longwood standout included in Hall of Fame team

By Staff reports

Published: Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 02:41 PM.

Former Crest High basketball standout Kenny Ford, the first All-America in the Longwood University program’s history, will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame along with teammates from the 1979-80 Lancer squad.

That Longwood team went 28-3 and reached the NCAA Division III Final Four.

Ford, a 6-foot-2 guard/forward for coach Ron Bash’s team, averaged a team-high 15.9 points while shooting 62.3 percent from the floor. He also pulled down 4.5 rebounds and had 70 assists for Longwood that season. He also was the Lancers’ top free throw shooter at 77 percent.

Ford, who now resides with his family in Gaffney, S.C., will be inducted along with his college teammates at an 11 a.m. ceremony Saturday at the school.

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Former Crest High basketball standout Kenny Ford, the first All-America in the Longwood University program’s history, will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame along with teammates from the 1979-80 Lancer squad.

That Longwood team went 28-3 and reached the NCAA Division III Final Four.

Ford, a 6-foot-2 guard/forward for coach Ron Bash’s team, averaged a team-high 15.9 points while shooting 62.3 percent from the floor. He also pulled down 4.5 rebounds and had 70 assists for Longwood that season. He also was the Lancers’ top free throw shooter at 77 percent.

Ford, who now resides with his family in Gaffney, S.C., will be inducted along with his college teammates at an 11 a.m. ceremony Saturday at the school.